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It is possible you did not see the question and you are welcome to redress the balance.
However, if you are a Christian who is NOT an organ donor, do you have an exceptionally good reason for this choice?
Secondly, are you content, in the unwelcome event that you might need one of my kidneys, to receive one from a godless liberal atheist? Wouldn't you reduce the chances of that by more of you becoming donors yourselves?
No hiding now...
2007-05-30 03:53:16 · 23 answers · asked by Bad Liberal 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For the record, ANYONE who needs it is welcome to one of my left-over organs. I just hope I can leave them in good condition for someone (I don't smoke).
All donors get a thumbs-up (for what it's worth) regardless of affiliation. Donation is a practical good almost anyone can do. You won't be calling it moral superiority when your blood is being filtered through my liver.
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2007-05-30 04:06:48 · update #1
i didn't see this question earlier...but I am a Christian organ donor. And if you gave a kidney to me, do we have to debate while the operation is going on? Or can we call a truce?
smiles,vicki
2007-05-30 03:57:57 · answer #1 · answered by 2ndchhapteracts 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a Christian....but I'm not an organ donor either.
The only reason is that some of my family are paranoid people and convinced me that if you okay the donation....the doctors won't try to save you when you are seriously injured or sick. I'm pretty sure that's not the case, but I heard it so much that I started believing it and have been terrified to check the yes box for donation.
I have also made the decision that since I'm not giving up my organs, I should not get a transplant (if I ever need one.) I may however, change my views on being an organ donor if someone could ease my mind about the medical professionals harvesting organs.
2007-05-30 03:59:53 · answer #2 · answered by KS 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm wondering where you get your information. I'm not saying it isn't true. I just have never heard that. If it is true, I would wonder if it is because some are wondering what will happen when the rapture (the word itself is not in Scripture) takes place. During the rapture the Christians who are dead and alive will be taken to heaven. There may be fear that if they donated organs that the people they donated to would suddenly be missing the donated organ. I don't know if this is what you are wanting to know. Personally I am a Christian and am signed up to be an organ donor and I would have no trouble taking a donated organ from an atheist.
2007-05-30 04:28:38 · answer #3 · answered by shari m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I answered your earlier question. It's interesting. I don't point to my faith as the reason I'm not a donor, I'm just paranoid.
I have limited faith in the ethics of medical professionals. I don't trust them, in general, to put ethics above a pay-check. If I am unconscious, in a borderline life/death situation, and I'm an organ donor, I believe the medical practitioners have a cost benefit analysis problem. How long do you think I'd last if my insurance wasn't adequate, but some body part was needed by someone else?
I'm not going to accept another persons organ(s), so I'm not two-faced on the topic. If a family member needed an organ, I'd donate.
2007-05-30 04:17:00 · answer #4 · answered by super Bobo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for asking, as a Christian, and I speak for many Christians I personally know... I fully believe we should donate our organs, see nothing Biblically wrong with it, and strongly encourage the practice. I decided this after praying and felt God led me to read a children's book by Shel Silverstein called "The Giving Tree". I was convinced that I should give until there is nothing left to give, and if I die my organs can help save or improve a life, then that would be an easy sacrifice to make. Further, I would most definitely accept an organ from a non-believer, we are much more than our physical bodies, what makes us who we are is our soul. I challenge all Christians to be first in line to donate their organs and stop making excuses.
2007-05-30 04:01:22 · answer #5 · answered by Scott B 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am an atheist and an organ donor. The reason for this is because I found out that when you die, they remove most of your internal organs anyway. I could either have my organs go to a "good" cause or have them thrown in the trash.
2007-05-30 04:01:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If I were living a life thinking that death is final, and that there is no hope for salvation, then I would want people to donate their organs so I could live as long as possible. However, I don't believe death is final, and I believe there is One who died that I might live. I am an organ donor anyway.
2007-05-30 03:59:15 · answer #7 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if this is against Catholics who do not believe in cremation. But other Christian religions allow organ donation as far as I know.
And yes, I am a non-denominational Christian who is on my State's donor registry, and I carry the card with me all the time.
2007-05-30 03:59:22 · answer #8 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Didn't see the first question.
Yes I am a christian and yes I am an organ/blood donor.
2007-05-30 03:58:44 · answer #9 · answered by God's Child 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
But, I donate my O- blood type which is universal to everyone on this answer site. I can save three lives with this blood. I will eventually become an organ donar, but not until I'm eighteen.
2007-05-30 03:58:15 · answer #10 · answered by Ironic Destiny 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋